I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.

There is no rule on how to write.

I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time.

Why must all of the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?

A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death.

There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.